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Asian Fairy-bluebird

Irena puella (Latham, J 1790)

The Asian fairy-bluebird is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Irenidae
Genus:
   Irena
Scientific:
  Irena puella

Original description

Citation:
  (Latham, J 1790)

Reference:
   Index Orn. 1 p.171

Protonym:
  Coracias Puella

Type locality:
  India = Travancore.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53510542

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BFC86948F8D0041E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BFC86948

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BFC86948

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560609

Geographic range:

  • Irena puella [puella or sikkimensis]: India to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina
  • Irena puella andamanica: Andaman Islands
  • Irena puella malayensis: central and southern Thai-Malay Peninsula
  • Irena puella crinigera: Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent islands
  • Irena puella turcosa: Java
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Catalan:
irena asiàtica
Czech:
irena tyrkysová
Danish:
Indisk Blåfugl
German:
Türkisfeenvogel
Spanish:
Irena común
Finnish:
sini-irena
French:
Irène vierge
Croatian:
modroleđa irena
Hungarian:
tündérkék madár
Italian:
Irena asiatica
Japanese:
ルリコノハドリ
Lithuanian:
Mėlynoji irena
Dutch:
Indische Blauwrug
Norwegian:
Blåalvefugl
Polish:
turkuśnik indyjski
Portuguese:
Irena-de-dorso-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
irena-de-dorso-azul
Russian:
Голубая ирена
Slovak:
irena fialová
Serbian:
Plava irena
Swedish:
indisk blåfågel
Ukrainian:
Ірена блакитна
Chinese:
和平鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
和平鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian) ( Irena puella [puella Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian) ( Irena puella [puella Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian) ( Irena puella [puella Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian) ( Irena puella [puella Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian) ( Irena puella [puella Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Asian Fairy-bluebird ( Irena puella) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Irena [puella or tweeddalii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bengali: এশীয় নীলপরি
Catalan: irena asiàtica
Cebuano: sunod-amo
Czech: irena tyrkysová
Danish: Indisk Blåfugl
German: Türkisfeenvogel, Türkisfeenvogel [puella-Gruppe]
English: Asian Fairy-bluebird, Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian)
English, HBW: Asian Fairy-bluebird
English (IOC): Asian Fairy-bluebird, Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian)
English (United States): Asian Fairy-bluebird (Asian)
Esperanto: Knabina ireno
Spanish: Irena común, Irena Dorsiazul (grupo puella)
Spanish (Spain): Irena Dorsiazul, Irena dorsiazul (grupo puella)
Estonian: sinilüüdik
Finnish: sini-irena
French: Irène vierge, Irène vierge [puella]
Irish: Gormóg shí
Croatian: modroleđa irena
Hungarian: tündérkék madár
Indonesian: Kecembang Gadung
Italian: Irena asiatica
Japanese (romaji): rurikonohadori (puella guru-pu)
Japanese: ルリコノハドリ, ルリコノハドリ (puella グループ), ルリコノハドリ（puella グループ）
Japanese (Kanji): 琉璃木の葉鳥
Kirghiz: көгүш ирена
Scientific: Coracias Puella, Coracias saga, Irena puella, Irena puella [puella Group], Irena puella puella
Lithuanian: Mėlynoji irena
Malayalam: ലളിത 
Mongolian: тайван шувуу
Malay: Murai Gajah
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): тайван шувуу
Nepali: नीलचरी
Dutch: Indische Blauwrug
Norwegian: Blåalvefugl, blåalvefugl (puella gr.)
Polish: turkusnik indyjski, turkuśnik indyjski, turkuśnik indyjski [gr. puella]
Pinyin: hépíng-niǎo
Portuguese: Irena-de-dorso-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): irena-de-dorso-azul, irena-de-dorso-azul [grupo puella]
Russian: Голубая ирена, Голубая ирена [группа puella]
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Asia Neelarajaya
Slovak: irena fialová, irena fialová (skup.)
Serbian: Plava irena
Swedish: indisk blåfågel, indisk blåfågel [gruppen puella]
Tamil: Neelachittu
Thai: นกเขียวคราม, นกเขียวคราม (ธรรมดา)
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰĭaw-kʰraam
Turkish: Asya Mavi İrenası, Asya mavi irenası [puella grubu], Asya Mavi İrenası [puella grubu]
Ukrainian: Ірена блакитна
Vietnamese: Chim lam
Chinese: 和平鸟, 和平鸟（暗蓝）
Chinese (Traditional): 和平鳥

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